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The following dates are the deadlines by which the Habs must sign a currently unsigned player or relinquish their rights without compensation:

June 1, 2026:
Owen Protz (4/102, 2024 – Brantford, OHL)
Vincenz Rohrer (3/75, 2022 – Zurich, NL)

Rohrer originally was listed as June 1, 2024 but by leaving Ottawa to play in Switzerland one year after being drafted, his signing timeline gets extended by two years.

August 15, 2026:
Emmett Croteau (5/162, 2022 – Clarkson, NCAA)
Luke Mittelstadt (7/197, 2023 – Minnesota, NCAA)
Jack Smith (4/102, 2020 – Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA)*

June 1, 2027:
Filip Eriksson (6/165, 2023 – Nybro, Allsvenskan)
Quentin Miller (4/128, 2023 – Rimouski, QMJHL)

Miller originally was listed as June 1, 2025 but by leaving the QMJHL to play in the USHL one year after being drafted, his signing timeline gets extended by two years.

August 15, 2027:
Sam Harris (5/133, 2023 – Denver, NCAA)

June 1, 2028:
Rasmus Bergqvist (7/224, 2024 – Skelleftea, SWE Jr.)
Aatos Koivu (3/70, 2024 – TPS, FIN Jr.)
Mikus Vecvanags (5/134, Tukums, LAT 2)

August 15, 2028:
Michael Hage (1/21, 2024 – Chicago, USHL)
Logan Sawyer (3/78, 2024 – Brooks, BCHL)

August 15, 2029:
Ben Merrill (6/166, 2024 – St. Sebastian’s, USHS)

Indefinite Rights:
Alexander Gordin (6/171, 2020 – Ryazan, VHL)
Makar Khanin (7/210, 2024 – Dynamo St. Petersburg, VHL)
Bogdan Konyushkov (4/110, 2023 – Torpedo, KHL)
Dmitri Kostenko (3/87, 2021 – Yugra VHL)
Ty Smilanic (3/74, 2020 – Trois-Rivieres, ECHL)
Daniil Sobolev (5/142, 2021 – Brantford, OHL)
Yevgeni Volokhin (5/144, 2023 – Mamonty, MHL)

* Player can drop out of college and become a UFA one year earlier than their listed date if they so desire as it will be their fourth year since being drafted.